I suspect there are many more stupid people walking about these days and it became necessary to put a blanket ban on children under the age of 8 from riding pillion. Whilst not exactly the same, the death of Chloe Valentine in Adelaide sadly demonstrates why I think the way I do.
I had to Google the name, very sad. I think an appropriate analogy in this case, even though little Chloe's life was more important that any furry friend - perhaps except for Chloe's mum and partner.
Yes, many, many more stupid people are alive today, or have survived a life altering debilitating injury, due to some of the many, many rules and regulations introduced by State, Territory and Federal governments over the past 50 plus years.
I've tried to put a number on the
many, many previously, but the data is no longer available to me, however if there had not been any government intervention in the three E's (Education, Enforcement (rule & regs) and Engineering (vehicle, road design & build and technology), the Victorian road toll would now be likely to be in the orders of 2,000 to 3,000 per year (a very rudimentary extrapolation from the 1970 Victorian road toll of 1034), rather than the 200 to 300 per year for the last few years.
